Evaluation of health benefit using BenMAP-CE with an integrated scheme of model and monitor data during Guangzhou Asian Games

Guangzhou is the capital and largest city(land area:7287 km2)of Guangdong province in South China.The air quality in Guangzhou typically worsens in November due to unfavorable meteorological conditions for pollutant dispersion.During the Guangzhou Asian Games in November 2010,the Guangzhou government carried out a number of emission control measures that significantly improved the air quality.In this paper,we estimated the acute health outcome changes related to the air quality improvement during the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games using a next-generation,fully-integrated assessment system for air quality and health benefits.This advanced system generates air quality data by fusing model and monitoring data instead of using monitoring data alone,which provides more reliable results.The air quality estimates retain the spatial distribution of model results while calibrating the value with observations.The results show that the mean PM_2.5concentration in November 2010 decreased by 3.5μg/m~3 compared to that in 2009 due to the emission control measures.From the analysis,we estimate that the air quality improvement avoided 106 premature deaths,1869 cases of hospital admission,and 20,026 cases of outpatient visits.The overall cost benefit of the improved air quality is estimated to be 165 million CNY,with the avoided premature death contributing 90%of this figure.The research demonstrates that Ben MAP-CE is capable of assessing the health and cost benefits of air pollution control for sound policy making.     

Global information sampling in the honey bee

Central to the question of task allocation in social insects is how workers acquire information. Patrolling is a curious behavior in which bees meander over the face of the comb inspecting cells. Several authors have suggested it allows bees to collect global information, but this has never been formally evaluated. This study explores this hypothesis by answering three questions. First, do bees gather information in a consistent manner as they patrol? Second, do they move far enough to get a sense of task demand in distant areas of the nest? And third, is patrolling a commonly performed task? Focal animal observations were used to address the first two predictions, while a scan sampling study was used to address the third. The results were affirmative for each question. While patrolling, workers collected information by performing periodic clusters of cell inspections. Patrolling bees not only traveled far enough to frequently change work zone; they often visited every part of the nest. Finally, the majority of the bees in the middle-age caste were shown to move throughout the nest over the course of a few hours in a manner suggestive of patrolling. Global information collection is contrary to much current theory, which assumes that workers respond to local information only. This study thus highlights the nonmutually exclusive nature of various information collection regimes in social insects.     

静电除尘器极板涂敷导电防腐涂料对静电除尘性能影响的研究

为了改善静电除尘器极板防腐性能、增加极板的抗污性能和提高极板清灰效果,用导电防腐涂料涂敷电除尘器极板.提出了涂层比电阻特性数学模型并用实验加以验证.推导了极板沉积粉尘层积累电荷量公式,表明电荷量多少与粉尘层放电时间常数成正比.理论研究结果表明,涂加涂层后,极板上低比电阻粉尘层放电时间常数增大,粉尘层积累电荷量增多,粉尘层与极板问静电附着力增大,有效减弱了粉尘的二次飞扬现象;通过降低涂层的比电阻和涂层厚度,使中高比电阻粉尘层的积累电荷量增加不大.实验测试了涂层对不同比电阻粉尘收尘效率的影响及涂层对极板粉尘剥离率的改善.实验结果显示,涂加涂层后,低比电阻粉尘的收集效率有显著提高,中高比电阻粉尘的收集效率变化不大;极板粉尘剥离率较不加涂层时有很大提高.极板涂敷技术有效延长了极板的使用寿命,在保证除尘效率的前提下提高了极板的清灰效果,是电除尘领域中的一项创新.     

运用清洁发展机制 促进垃圾填埋气的减排利用

介绍了垃圾填埋气的产生及目前国内填埋气的减排与收集利用技术现状,分析了清洁发展机制（CDM）在我国运用的前景;探索实施CDM项目引进资金和先进技术,利用垃圾填埋气发电的方案可行性。     

The unintended impact of helmet use on bicyclists’ risk-taking behaviors

Introduction: Safety is a critical factor in promoting sustainable urban non-motorized travel modes like bicycles. Helmets have shown to be effective in reducing injury severity in bicycle crashes, however, their effects on bicyclists’ behaviors still requires deeper understanding, especially amid the emerging trend of using shared bicycles. Risk compensation effects suggest that bicyclists may offset perceived gains in safety from wearing a helmet by increasing risk-taking behaviors. A better understanding of these compensation effects can be useful in assessing various bicycle safety related programs. Method: Using a sample of 131 bicyclists from the San Francisco Bay area, this research studies how bicyclists respond with respect to risk-taking behaviors under various urban-street conditions, as a function of helmet use. Study participants were each shown 12 videos, shot in Berkeley, California, from the perspective of a bicyclist riding behind another bicyclist. A fractional factorial experiment design was used to systematically vary contextual attributes (e.g., speed, bike lane facilities, on-street parking, passing vehicles) across the videos. After each video, participants were asked to indicate if they would overtake the bicyclist in the video. With the help of data adaptive estimation techniques, targeted maximum likelihood estimation (TMLE) was applied to estimate the average risk difference between helmeted users and non-users, controlling for self-selection effects. Individual-based nonparametric bootstrap was performed to assess the uncertainty associated with the estimator. Results: Our findings suggest, on average, individuals more likely to wear a helmet are 15.6% more likely to undertake a risky overtaking maneuver. Practical Applications: This study doesn’t try to oppose mandatory helmet laws, but rather serves as a cautionary warning that road safety programs may need to consider strategies in which unintended impact of bicycle helmet use can be mitigated. Moreover, our findings also provide additional evaluation component when it comes to the cost-benefit assessment of helmet-related laws.     

Decision factors for e-waste in Northern Mexico: To waste or trade

Currently, around the globe, environmental and social problems derive from the inappropriate recycling of electronic products. Moreover, improper recycling is not the only issue to address in electronic products. Others include: energy intensity in their manufacture, employment generation related to the international trade in used electronics, and access to technology by low-income communities. Nevertheless, policies and controls created to provide socially and environmentally sound management of used electronics do not match the complexity of the system. In order to understand the e-waste system, particularly used computers, as a whole, a field study was done between 2010 and 2011 in ten Mexican cities. Ninety-five diverse stakeholders were interviewed to uncover factors regarding the decision to waste or trade still-usable computers. Structured analysis was used to create Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) to describe the critical parts of the system. The results show that perceived value and geographical location determine the rate in which computers are disposed and the opportunities to waste or trade them, including the trade of their materials. Among businesses and other organizations, legislation has a stronger effect. Technological change is another important factor, largely driving the change in materials and new products. Designing policies responding to this diversity may prevent unforeseen problems and stimulate solutions.     

对喷流除尘技术在收集硫酸铵和硝酸铵粉尘中的应用研究

对喷流除尘技术利用粉尘颗粒在撞击区内来回振荡、相互碰撞并团聚的机理进行除尘.实验采用水平式对喷流除尘系统收集硫酸铵和硝酸铵的混合物粉尘,主要考察喷嘴气流速度、含尘浓度和喷雾化水润湿含尘气流对除尘效率的影响,并进行机理分析.实验表明,除尘效率随喷嘴风速的增大而升高,但喷嘴风速超过25～27 m/s后,反而下降;除尘效率随含尘浓度的增加而升高,但含尘浓度超过0 45～0.55 kg/m3后反而有所降低;喷雾化润湿含尘气流能显著提高除尘效率,最优耗水量为0.18～0.22 kg/kg粉尘,超过该值后无显著变化.实验确定的最优除尘条件为:喷嘴速度25～27 m/s、含尘浓度0.45～0.55 kg/m3、耗水量0.18～0 22 kg/kg粉尘,除尘效率最高可达96.8%.     

智能应力或结构损伤自敏涂层研究现状及展望

详细介绍了机械零部件表面应力和结构损伤检测的研究现状,重点介绍了荧光涂层应力检测的原理、优势以及发展现状.分析了基于稀土荧光离子的应力检测涂层的需求,并就其应用原理和发展现状进行了表述.介绍了不同材料体系下应力及结构损伤检测范围,以及应力自敏涂层目前的应用现状和未来发展趋势.     

偶极荷电静电除尘器伏安特性及收尘性能研究

提出一种新型的静电除尘器,即偶极荷电静电除尘器,分析了其收尘机理,主要包括离子风、电场力及电凝并,利用PIV技术对离子风进行了测定,并对其伏安特性及收尘性能进行了实验研究,结果表明:离子风速度约为2m/s左右;偶极荷电静电除尘器的电晕电流及对微细颗粒物的除尘效率均远高于普通的静电除尘器。     

基于虚拟撞击原理的固定源PM10/PM2.5采样器的研制

目前我国尚无固定源PM2.5采样标准方法,现有商业化的固定源PM2.5采样器在使用中存在明显不足,因此本研究开发了一种固定源PM10/PM2.5双级虚拟撞击采样器.经实验室标定,该采样器切割效率曲线优于国际标准ISO 7708:1995对采样器的规定,采样器横截面直径为74 mm,满足我国固定源采样口尺寸要求.采样器既可以安装滤膜,也可以安装滤筒,适用于不同浓度的烟尘采样.虚拟撞击器的切割点与次流所占比值呈负相关,比值减小时,切割点增大.为降低颗粒物损失,虚拟撞击器喷嘴距收口的距离至少应为喷嘴直径的1.5~2倍.